“Google will launch prototype satellites carrying its AI chips into orbit in early 2027, under Project Suncatcher, as the first step toward data centers in space: 'One of our moonshots is to, how do we one day have data centers in space so that we can better harness the energy from the sun?'”

Sundar PichaiCEO

CEO, Google and Alphabet

Narrowed from the bundled 'space data centers will be a new normal in a decade' framing to the dated, checkable piece: two prototype Project Suncatcher satellites built with Planet Labs, carrying TPUs, launching by early 2027.